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This edition of the Region 10 Tech newsletter (renamed Bright Ideas) features ideas and resources for back-to-school.
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Bright Idea #1 - Questions
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Bright Idea #3 - EduProtocols
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Our team is a fan of EduProtocols, and we use several of the ideas in our professional learning sessions. These strategies are "content agnostic" and use technology to facilitate learning and the 4 Cs.
The authors created this set of resources to introduce students to these learning frameworks. Even if you're past the first week of school, the resources linked here may be adapted to use at any time of the year, for any content or grade level.
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Bright Idea #4 - Retrieval Practice
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We have shared Retrieval Practice during sessions, in this newsletter, and on our podcast. This post shares how you can implement this learning strategy in one minute. When implementing these strategies, you can truly help your students make learning stick! By the way, the Retrieval Practice newsletter is one of the few I subscribe to, and each week, Dr. Agarwal shares easy-to-implement, research-based strategies.
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⬇ Upcoming learning events around Region 10! ⬇
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 We help host monthly #CoffeeEDUs, and all educators are welcome. This month, we'll meet at Native Coffee on Saturday, August 24, 11 - 12 PM.
A CoffeeEDU is a type of unconference, and there's no agenda or "session." Educators meet, share, ask questions, problem-solve, and learn together. See coffeeedu.org for more information.
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🆕 Do your students have Chromebooks? Want to learn more about Google tools and how they can be used in your classroom? See this list of after-school sessions that focus on using Google Apps for you and with your students.
(Registration links will be updated ASAP!)
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Become an ISTE Certified Educator!
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 Region 10 is partnering with TCEA to bring the ISTE Certification program to North Texas. The face-to-face training will be September 17 - 18, 2019. Find all details and registration information in this newsletter.
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Join DFW districts on Saturday, September 21, for the North Texas Library Expo! Librarians and all educators are welcome. The keynote speaker will be Jennifer LaGarde, who is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. Find registration information and additional details on this site.
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Do you want to know more about sketchnoting? Join three Region 10 consultants in their repeat session of Sketchnoting Across the Curriculum on Saturday, September 28, 9:00 - 4:00.
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The annual Discovery Experience is free to educators in the Region 10 area who are members of the Discovery Education service or who are looking to learn more about Discovery Education and what it can do for their educators and students. Join us on Friday, October 11, 9:00 - 3:00 at Region 10.
Want to present a 45-minute session on Discovery on how YOU have made it successful in your classroom? Submit a proposal here.
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See this flyer for the details about our upcoming Coaching Conference. We are thrilled to welcome Gayle Allen as our keynote speaker, and the flyer includes more information about Dr. Allen, plus times, dates, and registration.
We're also accepting presentation proposals until September 3rd. We're looking for ideas that showcase best practices for instructional/digital coaches.
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Here's to a great start to your 2019 - 2020 school year!
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